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fromThe Walrus
1 week ago

Trump Is Spoiling for a Fight over Canadian Potash | The Walrus

Trump negotiated Belarus's release of 123 political prisoners in exchange for lifting potash export sanctions, securing alternative fertilizer supply ahead of CUSMA renegotiations to reduce US agricultural dependence on Canadian potash.
fromFortune
1 month ago

Scott Bessent insists he's 'not concerned at all' about investors Selling America-despite the fact it's unravelled tariffs before | Fortune

At Davos this morning, Bessent was asked how concerned he was by the notion that European investors may start selling U.S. Treasuries in response to the White House's rhetoric over Greenland. The Treasury Secretary responded: "Denmark's investment in U.S. Treasury bonds, like Denmark itself, is irrelevant.""That is less than $100 million. They've been selling Treasuries for years, I'm not concerned at all," he added, per CNBC.
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